janına qutururğa
/dʒanɯna qutururʁa/
Literal translation
to go wild against one's own life
Intended meaning
To do something that puts one's own life in danger; to act recklessly with no regard for the danger of death.
- Teyri bu suwbaş qanatlıçıq janına quturmağan ese, men da zat bilmeyme, – dedi kiştik.By God, if this scatterbrained little bird isn't courting death, then I know nothing either, said the cat.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 184